The FSS uses smuggling to purchase equipment in Germany
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The FSS uses smuggling to purchase equipment in Germany

Heller Tools

Companies associated with the Russian FSB espionage group Sernia have resumed purchasing equipment from the German instrument manufacturer Heller Tools.

Points of attention

  • Russian companies linked to the FSS espionage group “Sernia” are involved in smuggling to procure equipment from the German manufacturer Heller Tools.
  • The FSSspy group “Sernia” was formed to circumvent Western sanctions and acquire equipment for the Russian defense industry, utilizing illegal channels for procurement.
  • Journalists reveal connections between Russian companies and the FSB spy group, highlighting attempts to purchase military technologies through smuggling routes.
  • The EU and US have imposed sanctions on companies and individuals involved in the illicit procurement of equipment, showcasing the international repercussions of these actions.
  • Cases of contraband purchases, such as a Moscow company acquiring equipment worth $860,000 and subsequent sales to another Russian entity, illustrate the extent of the smuggling network.

What is known about the contraband purchase of equipment by Russia in Germany

It is noted that German Heller Tools sold drills and other equipment to Russian companies for $1.2 million.

Journalists of the publication, referring to data from the US Ministry of Justice, emphasize that the FSS spy group "Sernia" was created to evade Western sanctions and obtain equipment for the Russian defense industry.

In particular, after the criminal invasion of the Russian army into Ukraine in 2022 and until June 2023, the Heller company sold $860,000 worth of equipment to a Moscow company called Treydtuls Trading House.

The Russian Federation smuggles equipment into Germany
Products of the company Heller Tools

Equipment supplies were stopped in June 2023, but as early as August of this year, the German company began selling equipment to another Russian company, Tireks.

She was sold equipment for another 300,000 dollars.

Construction tools sold by Heller, such as steel or masonry saws and drills, were not included in the EU's export control lists until December 2023.

However, later they were included in the list.

According to the journalists of the publication, Tireks was founded in June 2023 by former shareholder and employee of "Treydtuls" Artem Klymenko.

Journalists discovered the connections of "Treydtuls" with the Russian company Robin Trade, which American investigators called a cover for the company "Sernia Engineering".

Both companies belonged to businessman Oleksiy Zibirov.

Serniya Engineering and Robin Trade were hit by EU sanctions in 2022. Among the clients of the Sernia network are the Ministry of Defense, the state defense conglomerate Rostec, and the state nuclear energy giant Rosatom.

It is noted that Klymenko replaced Zibirov as CEO of one of the Russian import companies shortly after the introduction of sanctions against Robin Trade in 2022.

What is known about other contraband purchases of Russian companies

Another company, Finch Impex, imported $2.2 million worth of equipment and other goods, mostly from Taiwan and China.

We are talking about parts for oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers, which are on the "high priority" list of controlled export goods.

In 2022, the US Department of Justice indicted five individuals associated with Sernia for conspiring to acquire military and dual-use technologies for Russian defense companies. Among them was Vadym Konoshchenok, who was detained by Estonian border guards with "35 different types of semiconductors ... as well as thousands of American 6.5 mm bullets used in military sniper rifles."

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Malyuk detained top FSB "rat" in SSU ranks

Security Service of Ukraine (SSU)
SBU exposed a traitor who worked for the Russian Federation

On February 12, the Security Service of Ukraine announced that it had exposed a top “rat” of the Russian Federal Security Service within its ranks. It is worth noting that the traitor was detained personally by the head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk.

Points of attention

  • The SSU conducted a complex operation, during which it recorded 14 episodes of illegal activities by a Russian agent.
  • Vasyl Malyuk emphasizes that no enemy will be able to successfully infiltrate the Ukrainian special services, despite all attempts at conspiracy.

SSU exposed a traitor who worked for the Russian Federation

The special service officially confirmed that the head of the Headquarters of the Anti-Terrorist Center of the Security Service of Ukraine betrayed his homeland.

According to Vasyl Malyuk, a total of 14 episodes of illegal activities by a Russian agent have been documented.

What is important to understand is that the head of the SBU was personally part of the operational-investigative group that was engaged in the development of the traitor, and led the operation to detain him.

It was an extremely complex development and subsequent multi-step implementation, during which we used all possible overt and covert forms and methods of our activity, as well as the entire possible palette of operational and technical measures. Due to encrypted software bookmarks, we penetrated the traitor's gadgets — mobile terminals, computers. We actually lived with him, conducted audio and video surveillance.

Vasyl Malyuk

Vasyl Malyuk

Head of the SBU

The SBU draws attention to the fact that the FSB "rat" has been transmitting disinformation to the enemy for quite a long time: first as part of counterintelligence measures, and later as part of criminal proceedings.

The self-purification of the SBU continues. No matter how the enemy tries to penetrate our ranks — he thinks he has all possible forms and methods of conspiracy — he will not be able to do it successfully, — emphasized Vasyl Malyuk.

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